Jimmy Kimmel Defends Melania Joke Amid Outrage

0:00It's April 28th, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Entertainment and Celebrity News, today your AI-powered entertainment report. Jimmy Kimmel was standing firm on his recent joke calling Melania Trump an expectant widow due to the big-age gap with Donald. He says it was just a light roast, not any kind of call to violence, and it aired three days before that shooting at the White House correspondence. Dinner The big came during a pretend roast segment on his Thursday show, stepping in since the real dinner skipped a comedian this year. Kimmel stresses it's nowhere near advocating assassination, especially given his track record pushing back against gun violence. Melania hit social media, calling it hateful rhetoric and demanding ABC take action while Donald labeled it despicable and pushed for his firing. White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt accused him of legitimizing violence, but Kimmel fired back, pointing to the president's own history of, heated threats. Kimmel reminded folks of his tearful rant after the 2022 Rob Elementary tragedy, slamming

1:02politicians for letting teens buy, AR-15s, and calling gun issues both mental health and access problems. George Clooney jumped in too, saying jokes or jokes, and Trump's traitor talk is way more dangerous. Meanwhile, Kimmel highlighted the irony with Leavitt's pre-dinner clip about shots being fired tonight, questioning of comedy really sues events like, that, this back and forth shows how thin the line gets between laughs and outrage in these tense times.